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Will Smith voted 2008s top moneymaking movie star
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Review Just say I dont to Bride Wars
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Intel will miss its already-lowered 4Q targets
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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LG shows off Dick Tracy wristwatch phone
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Audiovox to expand availability of TV on the road
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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How big Jurassic flying reptiles got off ground
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Israeli strikes, Hamas rockets resume after pause
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US supports Egyptian-French initiative on Gaza
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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Gaza fighting rages despite cease-fire proposal
Southern Ledger - January 7, 2009
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US News Archive for Octomber 2005:
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Leaders plead for quake aid
Government officials pleaded for international assistance to help dig survivors from the rubble, treat them and begin repairing shattered infrastructure after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake killed about 20,000 people in northern Pakistan and India...
CNN - October 9, 2005
Quake nations plead for aid
Government officials pleaded for international assistance to help dig survivors from the rubble, treat them and begin repairing the country's shattered infrastructure after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake killed about 20,000 people in northern Pakistan and India...
CNN - October 9, 2005
Police face charges as violent arrest taped
Two New Orleans police officers repeatedly punched a 64-year-old man accused of public intoxication, and another city officer assaulted an Associated Press Television News producer as a cameraman taped the confrontations...
CNN - October 9, 2005
Conservatives spar over Miers nomination
The nomination of Harriet Miers to the U.S. Supreme Court drew testy comments Sunday from conservatives who leveled their ire at other conservatives. The remarks spotlighted a rift in the Republican Party between those who support President Bush's pick to replace retiring Justice Sandra Day O'Connor and those who do not...
CNN - October 9, 2005
NYPD checking for terror suspects in U.S.
Investigators are trying to determine whether anyone involved in an alleged terror plot against the New York City subway system is in the United States, the city's top police official said Sunday...
CNN - October 9, 2005
South Asia quake toll nears 20,000
Rescue workers pull survivors from rubble and uncover bodies from debris in Islamabad and elsewhere a day after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake caused devastation across South Asia. Nearly 20,000 people are estimated killed in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan as a result of Saturday's quake...
CNN - October 9, 2005
Asia quake toll nears 20,000
Rescue workers pull survivors from rubble and uncover bodies from debris in Islamabad and elsewhere a day after a 7.6-magnitude earthquake caused devastation across South Asia. Nearly 20,000 people are estimated killed in Pakistan, India and Afghanistan as a result of Saturday's quake...
CNN - October 9, 2005
Bush Works to Reassure G.O.P. Over Nominee for Supreme Court
The conservative uproar over the nomination of Harriet Miers to the Supreme Court comes as the president faces a variety of problems on other fronts...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Snow to focus on US-China tension
US Treasury Secretary John Snow arrives in Japan on a tour that will also include talks in China on trade tensions...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Boxing: Castillo gains revenge
Jose Luis Castillo knocks out Diego Corrales in the fourth round of their non-title bout in Las Vegas...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Asia quake toll exceeds 18,000
More than 18,000 people are believed dead and 41,000 injured following Saturday's earthquake that devastated parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has urged more international aid, as the toll in Pakistan, alone, reaches 14,800...
CNN - October 9, 2005
Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000
More than 18,000 people are believed dead and 41,000 injured following Saturday's earthquake that devastated parts of Pakistan, India and Afghanistan. Pakistani President Pervez Musharraf has urged more international aid, as the toll in Pakistan, alone, reaches 14,800...
CNN - October 9, 2005
In Basra, Militia Controls by Fear
A force of 200 to 300 Iraqi police officers known as the Jameat are said to murder and torture at will and answer to the leaders of Basra's sectarian militias...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Blodget the Outsider, or Is That Insider?
Henry Blodget, the Merrill Lynch analyst who was banned from the industry for overestimating the value of Internet stocks, has resurfaced with a new nickname and a blog...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Baby Food, Out From the (Very) Cold
A frozen-food business begins, thanks to a maternal instinct...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Oil Is Up. So Is Inflation. What's New?
Seems like old times. Oil has spiked upward and inflation is back near the top of the list of things that worry Wall Street...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Leaving History Behind
Robert A. Essner is the chairman, president and chief executive of Wyeth, Madison, N.J...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
U.S. works on flu pandemic plan
A super-flu could kill up to 1.9 million Americans, according to a draft of the government's plan to fight a worldwide epidemic. "You plan for the worst-case scenario," a government adviser said. "If it's less than that, thank God."...
CNN - October 9, 2005
Pakistan puts quake toll at 18,000
Pakistan's earthquake toll has reached 18,000 dead and 41,000 injured, Pakistan military spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan tells CNN. The magnitude 7.6 quake rocked parts of Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and the Pakistani- and Indian-administered areas of Kashmir on Saturday. Officials call the disaster the biggest in Pakistan's history...
CNN - October 9, 2005
Toll above 18,000 in Asian quake
Pakistan's earthquake toll has reached 18,000 dead and 41,000 injured, Pakistan military spokesman Maj. Gen. Shaukat Sultan tells CNN. The magnitude 7.6 quake rocked parts of Pakistan, India, Afghanistan and the Pakistani- and Indian-administered areas of Kashmir on Saturday. Officials call the disaster the biggest in Pakistan's history...
CNN - October 9, 2005
A Fast Track to Toilet Training for Those at the Crawling Stage
A growing number of parents are experimenting with infant potty training, seeing it as more sanitary and ecologically correct...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Bush Addresses G.O.P. Unease Over Nominee
The conservative uproar over the Harriet Miers nomination comes as the president faces a variety of problems on other fronts...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Scattered in a Storm's Wake and Caught in a Clash of Cultures
Hurricane Katrina's evacuees have become nomads in their own country, caught in a web of red tape and cultural miscues...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
In Canada's Wilderness, Measuring the Cost of Oil Profits
The pockets of oil sands in northern Alberta - which all together equal the size of Florida - are only beginning to be developed...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Turning Eight Letters Into a Household Name
TIAA-CREF is trying to raise its profile with an expensive advertising campaign, the first in its 87-year history...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Coming Soon to a Patio Near You: Nets Tickets
In the backyard of Fred and Allison Randolph's house in Fords, N.J., the Nets were selling season tickets. It was part of an unusual effort by the suddenly marketing-savvy Nets...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
With Laser 'Ears,' an Effort to Cut Air Traffic Delays
Giant laser "ears" that can pinpoint airplanes' wake vortexes may be able to increase the capacity of some airport runways...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
For City Enshrined in Rap, Victory Is a Starbucks Latte
Compton, Calif., is a city 15 miles south of downtown Los Angeles where any hint of suburban normalcy is celebrated with marching bands...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Where Home Prices Rise Steeply, Bankruptcies Fall
The rise in bankruptcies since 2000 has been far from uniform around the country...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Where to Be Jobless in Europe
Within Western Europe, some countries are more accommodating to those out of work than others. So where is it easiest to be unemployed?...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Don't Want to Calculate the Cost to Matriculate
It would be easier on parents if college tuition rose as slowly as beer prices...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Investors of the World, Unite!
In his new book, John C. Bogle, the founder and of the Vanguard Group of mutual funds, makes clear what has gone wrong in today's financial environment and who is to blame...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Three Starring Roles for Energy Stocks
Managers of three of top-performing energy funds talked about their stocks and the overall market's future...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Real Estate May Be Peaking. Or Not.
Fund investors who bet on real estate five years ago have been sitting pretty as the category has surged. But that very success is starting to give some investors the jitters...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
That Noise in Asia Isn't Only From China
The ascendancy of China may have diverted the attention of investors from other markets, but shares elsewhere in Asia have been sprinting ahead...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Shopping by Sector, Then by Country
Investors who want to beat the market may be able to do so by finding the right global sectors...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
How Fund Rankings Can Cause Stocks to Gyrate
Mutual funds are a main cause of the boom-and-bust cycle that so often occurs among individual stocks and industry sectors, a new study has concluded...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Does 'Hedge Fund' Mean Anything Anymore?
What the heck is a hedge fund and what do these people do, anyway?...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Is It Too Late to Ride the Energy Bandwagon?
People who enter natural-resources funds now may be setting themselves up for disappointment, some mutual fund experts say...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
What I Dug Up During My Summer Vacation
Hundreds of excavations take place every year around the world, and many are open to students, retirees and others who aren't professional archaeologists...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Columbia and CUNY Get Grants in Journalism
The two universities will each receive $4 million from the Sulzberger family in honor of Arthur Ochs Sulzberger, the former publisher of The New York Times...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
What, Me Work? Well, Not When The Game Is On
For better or worse, we are a sports-mad nation. But does that mania cut into the number of widgets we produce? And, if so, can the cost be calculated?...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
When Smart Choices Are, Alas, Costly Ones
Even canny investors, who know enough to avoid predicting stock prices, fool themselves into thinking that they can foretell the future of bonds...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
When Charity Begins in a Circle of Friends
Instead of writing checks individually, growing numbers of people are joining "giving circles," pooling their money and jointly deciding where to invest...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
A Career That Revolves Around the Trade Center
LESS than a year after Charles J. Maikish helped to guide J. P. Morgan Chase through the aftermath of Sept. 11, the firm held its annual disaster recovery drill...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
[TS] Companies Not Behaving Badly
Although companies that are reining in executive pay remain small, any enterprise bringing more reason to the insanity merits a moment of applause...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
The Quarter at the End of the Rainbow
Hurricane devastation did not erase the stock market's third-quarter gains. The average domestic stock fund returned a decent 4.4 percent...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
In a Grueling Desert Race, a Winner, but Not a Driver
The Grand Challenge was a Pentagon project meant to spur development of technologies for 21st-century automated warfare...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Time Warner's True Believers
Can the leadership of Time Warner make the rest of the world believe in the world's largest media company as much as they do...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
The Tort Wars, at a Turning Point
By playing courtroom hardball, a small group of defense lawyers may have just changed the rules of so-called mass tort litigation...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Blueprints From Cities That Rose From Their Ashes
A major disaster, like Hurricane Katrina, acts as an involuntary experiment on the economic system...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Why Is Everyone Losing Sleep Over Oil and Gas Stocks?
Comparing energy stocks today with technology stocks in the late 1990's is a desperately wrong analogy...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
An Algorithm as a Pickax
As databases grow richer, even the I.R.S. and the local grocery store are becoming miners...
New York Times - October 9, 2005
Football: Ecuador, Uruguay win
England qualify for the World Cup finals after Holland beat the Czech Republic...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
Guatemala storm deaths increase
A tropical storm has left than 500 confirmed dead in Guatemala alone, with fears for over 1,000 more...
BBC News - October 9, 2005
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